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Slavery, Abolition and the University of Glasgow

The University of Glasgow has published a comprehensive report into the institution’s historical links with racial slavery.
The study acknowledges that whilst it played a leading role in the abolitionist movement, the University also received significant financial support from people whose wealth at least in part derived from slavery in the 18th and 19th centuries. Read more here and an opinion piece by Afua Hirsch here. Download the report here. Read about a call for other universities to follow Glasgow’s lead

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